ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 56515
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| Date: | 01-MAY-1954 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: | Percival Provost T Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 22 Flying Training School Royal Air Force (22 FTS RAF) |
| Registration: | WV532 |
| MSN: | PAC/56/78 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Taxi |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
| RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Percival Provost T.Mk.1 WV532: Built by Percival at Luton, Bedfordshire as first of a batch of 388 Provosts built. Serials batch WV532 to WV580. Delivered 13/1/54. This Provost had a very short service life with 22 FTS, RAF only.
Written off (damaged beyond economical repair) 1/5/54 when struck by Provost T.1 WV540 whilst taxiing after landing at RAF Syerston Nottinghamshire.
(The other Provost involved - WV540 - survived this incident, was repaired and returned to service. WV540 was struck off charge 14/11/68, was civil registered as G-AWTG, and ended up with the Rhodesian Air Force as 'R6037' in 1971)
Sources:
1. Halley, James (1999) Broken Wings – Post-War Royal Air Force Accidents Tunbridge Wells: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd. p.158 ISBN 0-85130-290-4
2. Royal Air Force Aircraft WA100-WZ999 (James J Halley, Air Britain, 1983 p 101)
3. Category Five; A Catalogue of RAF Aircraft Losses 1954 to 2009 by Colin Cummings p.55
4. http://www.ukserials.com/results.php?serial=WV
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Apr-2012 12:22 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Dec-2018 07:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-Apr-2020 23:19 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2020 09:49 | Iwosh | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Operator] |
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